Below are findings from a Gallup Organization Study on friendship at the office. The findings are especially thought provoking to the sweat pant/home office club within RC. And maybe justifies my virtual happy hour with distant co-workers?
>>People who have a best friend at work are seven times more likely to be engaged in their work. They also have fewer accidents, more engaged customers, and are more likely to innovate and share new ideas.
>>Close friendships at work boost employee satisfaction by almost 50%.
>>People with at least three close friends at work were 46% more likely to be extremely satisfied with their job and 88% more likely to be satisfied with their life.
>>When employees have close friendships with their bosses, they are more than twice as likely to be satisfied with their jobs.
This week Jim returns to our favorite Dunder Mifflin branch on The Office. Can they get the magic back?
Monday, November 13, 2006
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I, too, am a member of the sweatpant/home office club. I still get together with people I worked with at a firm more than two years ago and formed an alumni club of sorts to maintain those connections.
I miss Jim.
I had a "situation" this week at the office. My boss took care of the problem by inviting me for drinks, nachos and conversation after work. I explained my side of the story and was told this is the dilemia of being pulled in many directions as a "middle manager." So lesson in management... take your misbehaving employees to drinks. If this is the biggest trouble I have gotten into and this is the way to handle it... I will say it again, I have the best boss and yes, I love my job.
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